UX Strategy & Consulting

UX Strategy & Consulting

Tools and Resources for Web Accessibility

Accessibility Resources

Use the links listed on this page to learn more about accessibility, government regulations concerning it, access checklists to use while creating apps, and find tools and other resources to help you meet compliance.

This list is by no ways exhaustive, and there are plenty of other tools and resources you can use to learn more about this topics and to build your products inclusively to meet accessibility regulations.

W3C ChecklistLists all of the success criteria from WCAG 2.0 in a checkable list. The level of each success criterion is provided as well as a link to WCAG 2.0 for more information for each success criterion

Overall Evaluation: Axe Chrome PluginAxe Chrome Plugin by Deque Systems is a program that evaluates the web accessibility of sites and applications from within the Chrome developer tools, specifically. The plugin assists by generating reports of web accessibility evaluation results and automatically checks single pages, password protected or restricted pages included.

Overall Evaluation: Accessibility ViewerAccessibility Viewer is provided through The Paciello Group. Also known as aViewer, it is a Windows' inspection tool that displays accessibility API information exposed by web browsers to the operating system. The accessibility information includes IAccessible2, MSAA, UI Automation, HTML DOM, and ARIA. AViewer was released in April 2015, and it covers the guidelines WCAG 2.0 – W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Section 508, and U.S. federal procurement standards.

Overall Evaluation: DYNO MapperDYNO Mapper is a sitemap generator that checks the web accessibility of websites and online applications. DYNO Mapper also includes content inventory and audit, as well as daily keyword tracking. Results are displayed within visual sitemaps to allow for easy and efficient project discovery and planning.